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MINATO Shin-ichi
  • Professor and Vice Dean, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Keywords:
  • Algorithms
  • Data structures
  • Theory of Computation
  • Information theory
  • Discrete Structure Manipulation

Presentation Abstract

What Kinds of Computation Does AI Perform Well — and What Kinds Remain Difficult?

In recent years, generative AI, which can respond interactively to text-based questions, has been spreading rapidly throughout society. Tasks such as proofreading documents or translation are now performed by AI on a daily basis.

Originally, artificial intelligence (AI) referred to technologies designed to enable machines to perform intellectual tasks once thought possible only for humans, and research in this field has been pursued steadily for more than seventy years. Over the past decade, however, AI has made dramatic progress, bringing it much closer to human capabilities.

In this talk I will discuss, from my standpoint as an algorithm specialist, what kinds of computation today’s AI performs well, and what kinds remain difficult.

LECTURER’S PROFILE

Biography

Mar. 1984
Kanazawa University Senior High School
Mar. 1988
Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Mar. 1990
Master’s Degree Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr. 1990
Researcher, NTT Laboratories
Mar. 1995
Doctoral Degree Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
Mar. 1995
Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University
Jan. 1997
Visiting Scholar, Computer Science Department, Stanford University
Apr. 2004
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Oct. 2009
Research Director, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), MINATO Discrete Structure Manipulation System Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Oct. 2010
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University
Apr. 2018–Present
Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Apr. 2025–Present
Professor and Vice Dean, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Awards and Honors

1992
75-Year Memorial Paper Award, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
2000
IPSJ Yamashita SIG Research Award, Information Processing Society of Japan
2006
JSAI Incentive Award, The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
2010
Information and Systems Society Excellent Paper Award (Foresight paper), The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
2013
Engineering Sciences Society Fundamentals Review Best Author Award, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
2019
Distinguished Article Award, Japanese Society of Computational Statistics
2022
Awards for Science and Technology (Research Category) of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2024
Fellow, Information Processing Society of Japan

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